Air Movement - Page 6
Questions
- What is average air pressure at sea level?
- What is the Coriolis Effect?
- With what type of weather is rising air associated?
- How does aneroid barometer works?
- What causes winds to blow?
- What is the pressure zone that is associated with rising air near the equator?
- Is most of the air movement in the Intertropical Convergence Zone horizontal or vertical?
- How is thermal energy transferred through the atmosphere and hydrosphere? What effects does this transfer have on climate?
- What percent of the air consists of nitrogen gas?
- What causes sea and land breezes?
- Why is air pressure generally lower over equatorial regions than over polar regions?
- In which direction does air move: from a cyclone to an anticyclone, or from an anticyclone to a cyclone?
- What kind of air front forms when a warm air mass meets the area of a cooler air mass?
- How does the jet stream affect the movement of air masses?
- What is the ultimate energy source for most wind?
- Is air rising or sinking in areas of high pressure?
- Why might the climate in Scotland be relatively mild even though the country is located at a high latitude?
- What is a sea breeze?
- What is the Coriolis effect? How does it affect air in the northern and southern hemispheres?
- Where do scientists think convection currents flow?